Sir Ian: I’ll be 80 ‘at home’
Cartoon tells how palm oil production is killing orangutans
TOUR Actor Ian McKellen ACTING legend Sir Ian McKellen is to celebrate his 80th birthday performing at a theatre in the town where he was a teenager.
The Lord of the Rings star is setting out on an 80-date tour doing a solo show in major cities and provincial towns.
And he will mark turning 80 next May 25 in Bolton, where he had his first taste of the theatre.
He said: “I discovered a passion for acting which has never faded.”
Girl in advert learns of plight of rainforests BOND Girl with baby orangutan A TV advert by Iceland urging an “orangutan-friendly” Christmas has been banned for being too political.
The frozen food giant is campaigning against the use of palm oil in the production of food and cosmetics, which is driving rainforest destruction.
In its 90-second cartoon, a baby orangutan shows a girl a digger ripping up trees, saying: “There’s a human in my forest and I don’t know what to do. He took away my mother and I’m scared he’ll take me too.”
The short, called Rang-Tan, ends with: “Dedicated to the 25 orangutans we lose every day.”
Watchdog Clearcast, which assesses ads against the Broadcast Code of Advertising Practice, was “concerned it doesn’t comply with the political rules”.
Iceland will remove palm oil from all own-label food by the end of this year and has already taken it out of lines including mince pies. Boss Richard Walker said: “The culmination of our palm oil project is offering the choice of an orangutanfriendly Christmas. We wanted to reflect this.”
Iceland will instead post the cartoon advert on YouTube today.
■ Waitrose is launching six comedy ads showing people desperate to start enjoying festivities. RICHARD WALKER MD OF FROZEN FOOD GIANT ICELAND
Culmination of palm project is offering an orangutanfriendly Christmas
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